Well after a 10 year hiatus i decided to get another car. Found this neglected 1997 gsr.
was way over due on a timing belt, had a leaking oil pump, water pump leaking oil pan gasket, vtec solenoid etc. pretty much anything that could leak was leaking.

i did some much needed Maintenance on it, now I’m just replacing some of the unwanted parts.

no major plans but I figured I’d document some of it here.


*current pic from 2021*






Engine bay is FILTHY.

 

Had to do a oil pan gasket, Decided to clean the block up a little while the header was off.

A little better

Decided to get rid of the aem v2. I picked duo a k&n intake off of eBay

Also wanted to replaced the 17 inch wheels. Found some 5zigen pro racers.

 

keep going. Can't wait to see the end of the build..

 

I picked up a old set of Tanabe sustec pro Coilovers today.

 

Awesome start! looking forward to seeing your progress.

 

in for this

 

Did a little more engine bay cleaning
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-installed new Intake, header, strut bar, ground wire

and deleted the cruise control.

 

Previous owner said the trunk leaked real bad.

culprit was some ghetto diy tail light seals

replaced with a clean set of oem tails with new oem foam.

also removed all the bubbling tint and





started cleaning out the spray painted trunk.


old lights.

 

In for more!!!

 

Holy **** ; the forum is still active!??!?

 

Forums>Facebook

 

In for this build! Looks like a good start. Try using steam from a clothes iron next time for removing tint. It heats the glue and makes it a breeze to remove from the glass. The glue sticks to the film too leaving almost no residue to clean/razor off.

 

my wife and I did the black plastic bag method on a 80+ degree day. No luck, that old tint was on there good.

 

jdm itr lcas showed up today. Hopefully I get some free time soon to install.

 

Really enjoying the build so far. That engine bay looks nearly brand new after a good cleaning! Once you get a new valve cover it will be on fire.

 

Had some spare time today to strip and tape the valve cover off.

 

Painted

After baking

 

Much better

 

Had a little free time today.

Cleaned all the old sticky tape off other wings west lip and remounted. Fits much better now.

I’ll add a pic of the original way it fit.

 

Today I put the car on all four jackstands and took off the ugly old 17s.


also some goodies showed up in the mail.

 

Started working in the wheel wells this week

ordering brake lines, rotors and pads next.

 

 

real clean, nice work!

 

awesome work!

 

Is that a flat black paint for the wheel well? Looks great